SOLO PARTICIPATORY PROJECTS
2002-present TRUE LOVE PROJECT, falling in love with the world
2005-present METTAARTLOVE, loving the art world unconditionally
2002 SPIRAL OF HOME 2, oral and found object history of the men of Provincetown, Community Compact
2000 SPIRAL OF HOME 1, oral and found object history of the women of Provincetown, Community Compact
SOLO PERFORMANCE INSTALLATION
Dec 08 BARDO, (hi)story gallery, Hudson, NY
Sept 07 THE MUSICAL THEATRE OF LOVE SEED PROJECT, Chelsea Hotel, NYC
Sept 07 THE GREEN HEART, Kingston Sculpture Biennial, Kingston, NY
March 07 PUBLIC LOVE PROJECT, Liberty Advance, Boulevard, CA
Oct 06 THE SEA OF LOVE, Experimentica, Chapter, Cardiff, Wales
May 06 THE LOVE SHACK a commission for QueerUpNorth, Manchester UK
March 06 PUBLIC LOVE PROJECT, AMD Interior Architecture, London.
July 05 GARDEN OF LOVE, Cinders, Brooklyn, NY
Oct 05 THEATRE OF LOVE, Experimentica, Chapter, Cardiff, Wales
2004 LOST, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, CA (more press)
2003 LOST, Artemis & P.S. 742, Miami 03
2003 CRUSH, Oni Gallery, Boston
2001 THIS MAKES ME HIGH Silas-Kenyon Gallery, Provincetown
1999 SOMEWHERE 1-3, Manso Hall, Provincetown
1999 ME (MYSELF) SHAPED HOLE IN THE UNIVERSE National Seashore
1998 FREEDOM FROM EMPATHY, Manso Hall, Provincetown
1997 FORGIVE ME, Round Barn, Hawthorne School of Art, Provincetown
COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS
2005 BE SOMETHING, radical participatory art friendship w/ Sal Randolph
1999-2000 C-SCAPE MAPPING PROJECT: Artists and the Environment
CURATED & GROUP SHOWS (selected)
Sept 09 MANIFESTO OF THE ILL, FAMILIAR FEELINGS, CGAC, Santiago de Campostela, Spain
Oct 08 MANIFESTO OF THE ILL, HEROES, Usdan Gallery, Bennington College VT
May 08 LOCKET, a collaboration w. Jenn Trask, PLUGGED IN, Hudson NY
Oct 07 Empty Room (w/ BE SOMETHING), OPEN ENGAGEMENT, University of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
May 07 Conversations on Live Art (w. Hancock&KellyLive & Paul Hurley) Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol, UK
May 07 THE TRAVELING MUSEUM OF DEVOTION, SURREALIST BALL Victoria & Albert Museum, London
Sept 06 SEA OF LOVE, EXPERIMENTICA 06, Chapter, Cardiff Wales
Sept 06 PARADISE, MoreFront Studios & Tactile Bosch, Cardiff, Wales
May 06 WILD GIFT, Great Eastern Hotel, London
Dec 05 MOVEMENT RESEARCH FESTIVAL 05, NYC
Dec 05 BELLADONNA, Experimental Feminist Poetics Series, NYC
June 05 LIFE AND LOVE AS ART, Highways, Santa Monica
May 04 THEATRE OF LOVE, SCOPE Los Angeles
May 04 FUGITIVE LOVE HUNT W/ Peacock!Revolution!, PSYGEOCONFLUX 2004, NYC
Dec 03 OUTLAW SHOW , NYC
May 03 SET, P.S. 742, Miami
Aug 02 FREE MANIFESTA, Frankfurt Kunstverein, Frankfurt, Germany
April 02 FREE BIENNIAL, NYC
Jan 00 REVELATION AS REVOLUTION, Revolving Museum, Boston
July 99 DEEP SIX: EMERGING ARTISTS, Provincetown Art Museum
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
BOOKS
Gruber, "THERE WAS A SENSE OF FAMILY . . " Verlag Fur Moderne Kunst 2012
Izzo, 5 RELATIONSHIPS, FREE PRESS 2006
Izzo, PUBLIC & PRIVATE LOVE, BELLADONNA PRESS 2005
Olav Velthius, IMAGINARY ECONOMICS: CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS AND THE WORLD OF BIG MONEY, NAI Publishing, 2005
Izzo, The Black Hand, memoir, CHILLS, THRILLS, PILLS AND HEARTACHE, anthology, Alyson Press 2004
Izzo, Savage World, excerpt of novel-in-progress HUMMER, BLITHE HOUSE QUARTERLY, Summer 2003
Izzo, The Mewling, short story, AROUSED, edited by Karen Finley, Thundersmouth Press 2002
Izzo, Sour, poetry, BEST OF THE BEST LESBIAN EROTICA, Cleis Press 2001
Izzo, Selected poems, THE OUTLAW BIBLE OF AMERICAN POETRY, 2000, Thundersmouth Press
FLICKER, FUEL, FLAME, teen writing journals edited by Kathe Izzo, Provincetown Arts
Transcript of performance Kathe Izzo with Jack Smith, WAIT FOR ME AT THE BOTTOM OF THE POOL, 1997, edited by J. Hoberman, SERPENTS TAIL 1997
Izzo, Bad Babies, essay, THE BOSTON SCHOOL (simultaneous with art exhibit featuring Jack Pierson, Mark Morrisroe, Nan Goldin, David Armstrong), ICA Press, Boston 1995
PRESS
Jessica Reeder, True Love: A One Day Experiment, Shareable 2012
Dodie Bellamy, For Closure, (from The Buddhist), Belladodie (blog), December 2010
Gavin Butt, "Scholarly Flirtations" Non-aligned Initiatives in Educational Culture, Berlin, May 2007
Shiraz Bayjoo, Paradise: Love and Sacrifice in the 21 st Century www.collecteast.org, October 2006
Colette Meacher, "Feel the Love", Latest Art Magazine, UK September 2006
Adrian Dannatt, It’s art, but not as we know it, The Art Newspaper, January 2006
Holland Cotter, Add the Fireflies and It's a Summer Idyll New York Times, July 13, 2005
Sarah-Jane, True Love Ways, Diva/UK, May 2005
Anne Elizabeth Moore, "Kathe Izzo" Punk Planet April/May 2005
Lisa Jones, "The Art of Love" South Wales Echo, October 15, 2004
Beth E. Wilson, A Love Artist, Chronogram, September 2004
Richard Ouzounian: “Check Out These Hotel Theatrics” Toronto Star, April 13, 2004
Leah Rumack, "Finding the Art of True Love" National Post, Canada, April 10, 2004
Tristan Taormino, “True Love” Village Voice, February 20, 2004
Wendy Banks, “Guts” Now, Toronto, April 15, 2004
Nicholas Spangler, “Desire, Jealousy are Love Artist’s Medium” Miami Herald, Dec 6, 2003
Humberto Guida, “True Romance?” Miami New Times, December 4, 2003
Michelle Tea, "Sexual Healing" Girfriends, December 2003
Beth E. Wilson, “Labor of Love”, Chronogram, February 2003
Hayley Kaufman, “For Your Eyes, ONI” Boston Globe, November 8, 2002
RJ Brubb, "Crush Me Tender ", Bay Windows, November 28, 2002
Sady Sullivan, “H to the Izzo” Boston Weekly Dig, November 20, 2002
Gerry Desautels, “Izzo Delves into Male Memories” Provincetown Banner, April 25, 2002
Joe Burns, “Talismans of a Town” The Cape Codder, April 26, 2002
Kaimi Lum, “Izzo Traces the Coil of a Community” Provincetown Banner, June 1, 2002
John Slyce, "The Cape as Installation" Provincetown Arts, 2000/01
Gary Duehr, "Taking a Spin at The Revolving Museum" February 2000
David Wildman, “54 Artist’s Answer a Gallery’s Call” Boston Globe, January 30, 2000
Cate McQuaid, "Provincetown Shows Give Artists a Place in the Sun" Boston Globe
July 15, 1999
Joyce Johnson, "Flicker Lights the Way" June 6, 1997
Joyce Johnson, “Teacher-Poet Kathe Izzo’s Project Honored at State House Reception” The Cape Codder, October 31, 1997
Kathe Izzo, "Beautiful: A Memoir with Mark Morrisroe" Provincetown Arts, 1996
K.C. Meyers, "Poetry in Provincetown" Cape Cod Times, April 1993
Collage Project (w/ Jack Pierson), Provincetown Arts, 1992
Randall Conrad, "Metro Liner Notes: Media Arts in Boston" The Independent, May 1983
"Seeing is Believing" The Boston Phoenix, February 1981
Mr. B, "Red Alert" Boston Rock, February 1981
Jeff McLaughlin, "Celebrating a New Space for the Arts" The Boston Globe, February 1981
Jeff McLaughlin, "Bash by Avant Garde to Aid Film Foundation" December 1, 1981
Steve Morse, "New Wave Multi Media" The Boston Globe, April 4, 1980